Steve Paxton's photos

www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Lichenostomus-virescens Wild Birds in the heat are hard to find reminds me of the saying... Only mad dogs and English men go out in the mid day sun.

Dont think they are small me @ 6'3" most are taller than me on the yellow hard clay.

While only 2' tall gives you a good idea of the structure of the rock and the clay/sand.

what seemed a good idea taking a panorama as the bus traveled in front of the dunes. became a night mare to put together a panorama at 103KM/H

A view out the Bus window @ 103km/H

Yes there is a fence in the huge barren land. The fence that lines both sides of the road to try and keep animals away from the main road to Carnarvon. Did not think I would be in this weeks HFF the internet was none existent. the final move of house yesterday when I got home the elation of seeing all the lights lite up on the modem....

when I brought the plant out of the bush I cut all the Flowers off and extra leaves to help the plants chance of survival. the plant is very much alive even new flowers every where and new leaves all over the plant. nature rewards for care even though the flowers are so small macro lens is in the other house.

The right place for a fence to keep kids away from cars.

The Overland Road house Supply depot. See if you can find the fence...... So starts the week of HFF.. "Swat" very hard to read but looks like Sharkbay Western Australia Transport very small notice on the shed.

I am sorry I am in the middle of moving house so not a lot of time for the computer.

So badly broken you can no longer walk on the jetty. PIP the view out to sea from the beach.

All the Red-brown leaves are all the new growth , the plant is very much alive. The wire holding that plant to the pot has been removed the tree is very much at home.

The River in Summer Two PIPS from Rock Pool one of the few spots there is any water at all all year round.

This is my second Look at the QHY Polemaster under the stars but the first on a darkish sky. Northern hemisphere www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfEOVy0tBHI Southern hemishere www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_LgUFZLqIM my first look was close to home in the city with my 14mm time went from 3 min up to 15min but under total moon light so I never posted. this is two shots because I looked at the wrong night on the chart and moon came up at 9 pm not 10pm so I only got the two shots. the other method I only got a time of 40 sec with the 420mm but this has jumped to 4min 35sec. this is only the second time I have ever seen the octans in real life thanks to the Polemaster. for any one doing this type of photography the QHY Polemaster is a real God send and more so for those in the southern hemisphere where you would never get alignment properly. the only down side is I have to take out my laptop but results have made it worth it and it fits in a slot in my larger camera bag so it been easy to take. I had to buy a cordless/wireless mouse to be able to use it made the process a whole lot easier. I admit that once I realised my time mistake I did not focus with my Bahtinov mask I just focused in my view finder to save time so I could get a photo. ISO has come down from 4000 to 400 and a huge drop in noise. I can recommend the set up as easy the result worth it. worth the money to get a total alignment in the South some thing I could never have done before. My wife came out to see this in action for the first time and enjoyed a very cool but short night under the stars. I certainly look forward to some clear dark nights in the future.

the complex of the one mile jetty is the bright light source on the right. Do look on black. My final shot from the trip one for me after a hard Fought set of night shots.... my fav of the trip.

www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-07/carnarvons-historic-one-mile-jetty-faces-$42-million-repair-bill/10687832 Sad I was not able to walk it.